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No. 65,502. Patented June 4, 1867.

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IMPROVEMNT IN SKATBS.

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Be it known that I, JOHN W. POST, of Castile, in the county of Wyoming, and State of New York, have made a new and useful Improvement in Skates; and I do hereby declare the `following to be a fulland correct description of the saine, sulicient to ena-ble others skilled inthe art to which my invention appertains, to fully understand and construct the same, reference heing had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a bottom view of a hoot or shoe, showing the means by which the skate-iron is attached to the sume.

Figure 2 is a top view of the skate-iron; and

Figure Sis av longitudinal central section in the line :r g. 1, the skate-iron being attached to the ooot or shoe; I

t Simlilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

rlhe nature of my invention consistsl in constructing the skate-iron without a foot-plate, and provide it with adjustable buttons which slip into corresponding depressions, and,'l y means of a spring, securely hold the skateiron or runner to the boot or shoe, or allow it to he removed in a moment.

A, in the drawings,.represents the hoot or shoe, which is provided with three holes or depressions. The hole a in the heel is partially covered by a metal plate, al, which at its forward end is flush with the heel, and is at its rear end provided with a longitudinal slot, a. The holes or depressions b and c are partially covered by a plate, (Z, provided with two slots b and c1, one over cach hole or depression. These plates 'a1 and d are secured to the heel and sole of the hoot or slice by means of screws, or in any other suitable Ina-nner. .B is the skateiron or runner, provided near its lrear end with an enlargement, e, and Inear its front end with projections fg. On the centre of the enlargement e is secured a. screw-button, el, and on each of the prqiectionsfand gis a similar screw-buttonfl and gl, the screw-buttons ef andig fitting into the holes or depressions a Z1 c, so that when the buttons are placed into the holes or depressions, and the skate-iron or runner'is removed forward, the Shanks of the buttons or screws will enter the slots in the metal plates a and d, whilst the heads of the buttons or screws, hearing` against the plates a and d, will keep the skate-iron or runner securely fastened to the hoot or shoe. The enlargement e, forward of the button el, is provided with a small hole, e2, throughwhich projects a lug, L, ou the h straight spring-har t', the forward end of which latter issecured to the under side of the top part of the runner B by a screw or otherwise, as shown at j. The distance from the button e1 to the lug i is exactly the same as that from the end of the slot a2 to the forward end of the heel. This .spring-bar 2' is provided with an enlargement or thumb-piece, il, bymcaus of which it can he operated. represents a standard between the upper and lower part of the runner, and secured in any well-known manner. Z represents a channel formed in the sole of the boot or shoe, extending from the forward end of the plate d to the forward end of the sole,"and into which ts the top bar of the runner B. This serves to steady the runner, and prevents any lateral movement of its forward part. This channel, however, is no essential part of my improvement, hut may he used in addition to the buttons and holes. To attach Vthe skateiron to the boot or shoe, place the buttons into their corresponding depressions, and i press them inward, by means of which the lug h on the spring-har z', hearing against the metal plate al, will be forced downward flush with the iop of the runner B. Now move the runner forward, and as soon as the lug t is past the heel, it will he forceflupward, andthe shanks of the buttons will he at the forward ends of the-slots, thus holding the runner securely and firmly to the shoe. i v V To detach the runner, depress the spring-bar z', by means of the thumb-piece z", which will bring the lugr z flush with the top of the runner B, and allow it to slip ander the heel, when, by means of moving the runner B backward, the shanksof the buttons slip out of the slots in the metal plates, and thus release tho buttons, and the runner is detached. l I ain-aware that hnttons to slip into depressions have herctOfore been used in skates, and I do notbroadly claim them. But these buttons were made solid, and as their under side, orthe platein which they are held, wears away, the skate will be loose ou the foot, By my invention this defect is entirely 4obviated, as whenever the skate becomes loose on the footby means of the wear of the buttons and plates, I can tighten the hold of the latter by turning the screw-buttons down.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l. The screw-buttons elfl gl, arranged substantially as and for the purposes described. 2. The spring-bar if, provided with alug, z, passing through a. hole, e2, in the top part of the runner B, substantially as and for the purposes described. y I

3. The combination of the springbnr z', provided with o. lug, n, with the screw-buttons e1 fl y* and plates ail and d, provided with slots a2 Ifl and c, substantially as and for the purpose described.

The above specification of my improvement in skates signed this ninth day of April, 1867.

. JOHN W. POST. Witnesses:

ALEXR A. C. KLAUCKE Cms. D. D Avxs. 

